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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 12:07 AM
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Are you going to pull the front fender or cut down the drive belt guard a bit?
 
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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Yamaharley
Are you going to pull the front fender or cut down the drive belt guard a bit?
Indecisive on front fender yet. To me, showing more tyre has more bad as s look. But believe it or not.. Australian law wont allow you to not have one. I might chop it off short.
Top rear belt guard is coming off as its serving no purpose. Bottom one will stay.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 07:15 AM
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Pop off those reflectors and buy somebody thin 3M gloss black vinyl wrap. Carefully measure and cut 2 pieces to wrap around the top portion of your forks to black out your front end. If you do it just right you can have the seam where the 2 ends meet facing the tank so it can’t be seen. I did this on my old NightRod and looked pretty damn good and held up well


 
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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 07:48 AM
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Not a fan of the little tank, to me it just doesn’t serve it’s purpose. It does look better without the tape on it. To each their own, nice build so far.

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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MatteGlide15
Pop off those reflectors and buy somebody thin 3M gloss black vinyl wrap. Carefully measure and cut 2 pieces to wrap around the top portion of your forks to black out your front end. If you do it just right you can have the seam where the 2 ends meet facing the tank so it can’t be seen. I did this on my old NightRod and looked pretty damn good and held up well


thanks for the photoshop & help visualize.
Definitely will consider it!
 
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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 02:54 PM
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You realize we have the ability to create an actual poll here, right? Without little bar graphs and multiple colors I'm afraid I'm going to be pretty much useless here.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 03:57 PM
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I like it myself. You can't beat the classic look of a Sportster tank on a big twin.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 04:13 PM
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You realize we have the ability to create an actual poll here, right? Without little bar graphs and multiple colors I'm afraid I'm going to be pretty much useless here.
doi.. had no idea
 
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I don't care for the gap between the tank and seat on some of the Sportsters I see so I say nay.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 04:26 PM
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I say nay since the small tank and big twin chassis do not look "proportional".

It is different, though.
 
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